This is the Tamiya kit of the Marder II Sd.kfz. Tank Destroyer. Its a fairly cheap kit being a remake of their panzer II kit. I made this one for a quick build to start the year out and to practice camo patterns with my airbrush. As you can see I still need a little practice at it.

The Tank is a base of Model Master Dunklegelb (dark yellow) with a Red / brown camo using MM Rust. a black wash made from Artist water colors was used along with pastel powders for weathering.







more photos at Marder II

not my best effort but passable i think.

Hi, Very passable. I liked how the wooden box on the vehicle's rear came out. Looks really nice.

Also checked out your web page and liked your articles on picture taking and the 'chipped paint' effect with the end of a tooth pick. Going to try a couple of these things the next time around.

Good show. Take care, Sgirty

I like your Mardar II your camo looks pretty good maybe you should vary the pattern a little more to many lines going in the same direction, a good quick build, put it on the shelf and enjoy.

Delbert,
I think its great!!! I like the camo.

Except for the fit problems (I've nearly completed mine, so I know the fun you would have had with the front gun sheild), it's not a bad little kit.

And I agree about the box. It looks fantastic. What colors/meathod did you use for the box?

Again, great work!!

Cheers,
Jurgen.

thanks all..

that wooden box was one of the items I was trying new things on.

Base coat was Dunklegelb... same as the Marder..

then I brush painted it with burnt Sinenia brushing it thin enough that the base coat kinda showed through a bit.

Then I gave it a wash with thinned Artist Water colors (the kind that come in a tube) in a Dark Grey..(what i had made up for the uniforms wash).. i added just a tiny tiny bit of dish soap so that the wash would flow better over the recesses..

After the wash had dried a bit I went back over with a wet brush and/or cue tip removing the excess watercolors where it got to dark (one reason I like these better than artist oils.)

After I had it about where I wanted it the final step was to dust it with a very very thinned down Tamiya Buff color.. It seems to mute the redish color and make it blend in with the yellowish base making it seem more realistic to me.

The hardware (hinges and strap) are Tamiya Metelic grey.

you should be proud.